As people's living standards improve and their quality of life improves, cleansing products, such as water purifiers and purifiers, have become a necessity for many families. In particular, air quality is closely related to the lives of residents. For people, the role of air purifiers is even more prominent. However, does all air purifiers effectively purify the air?
In late February, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision collected 39 batches of samples of Shanghai air purifier products for testing, and issued the “2017 Shanghai Air Purifier Product Quality Indicator Test Results” (hereinafter referred to as the quality inspection results). The results showed that the safety indicators of 39 batches of samples met the requirements, but in other performance indicators, some products did not reach the level of test results.
According to the results of the quality inspection, some of the products of Perry, Cangmei, TOSOT, and NATURE CLEAN have failed to reach the qualification level for formaldehyde purification; some of the products such as Daikin DAIKIN, Changhong CHiQ, Irene, and NATURE CLEAN have failed to achieve acceptable levels of toluene purification efficiency.
Some products fail to pass the energy efficiency
According to the reporter of “Daily Economic News”, consumers can choose the product that is most suitable for themselves according to the size of their space and the requirements for purification ability. The actual measured value of some products is smaller than the nominal value. Values, among which RéFinAIR's AP-C120A product is nominally applicable to 15 to 30 square meters of room, and the measured value is 5 to 8 square meters. This is the only area of the 39 products to be spot-checked that is smaller than 11 square meters. of.
In the aspect of purification efficiency, the formaldehyde purification efficiency of the four products was not up to the level of conformity. They were Fumi products, Puri's KJZ-280 products, TOSOT's KJ200F-A01 products and NATURE CLEAN's AC-L35GG products. Several products have failed to pass the toluene purification energy efficiency test, including DAIKIN's KJ421F-N01 product, CHiQ's KJ360F-B2M product, Irene's KJ500F-D01 product, and NATURE CLEAN's AC-L35GG product.
Purifying energy efficiency refers to the amount of clean air produced by the air purifier at rated power per unit of power consumption. The higher the energy efficiency of purification, the greater the amount of clean air produced by the unit power consumption of the air purifier, the higher the performance of the product, and the higher the energy efficiency. .
In general, in newly renovated rooms, the index of harmful gases such as formaldehyde and toluene will be high, and it is necessary to select air purifiers that can remove the energy efficiency of formaldehyde and toluene. There are some products that can effectively or even efficiently remove formaldehyde and toluene. The measured value is far from the nominal value, which has a great impact on consumers. For example, Perri's KJZ-280 product's nominal use of metham Activated carbon, formaldehyde removal efficiency of 95% ', the measured formaldehyde purification efficiency of 14%.
On March 13, the Daily Economic News reporter called a number of companies to purify companies whose energy efficiency was not up to the required level and asked about the progress of the incident.
The relevant staff of Daikin DAIKIN (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch stated that the company is confirming and handling this issue and will reply after confirming it. The staff of Pyrene Electric Co., Ltd. stated that the company did not receive any product failure. The news asked the reporter to further verify the facts. Persons from NATURE CLEAN stated that they did not accept the interview. When the reporter asked again as a consumer, the company also refused to respond.
Afterwards, the reporter saw in Perry official website that the unqualified product KJZ-280 air purifier was still being sold. The selling price was RMB 1999. The product details page showed that the removal rate of formaldehyde was as high as 99%. The Changhong CHiQ official website was not seen. The KJ360F-B2M purifier is involved in the product. The AC-L35GG purifiers with less than acceptable levels of formaldehyde purifying efficiency and toluene purifying energy efficiency are still available on the official website. The product introduction page shows that the formaldehyde removal rate is 96. % (within 2 hours)'.
Obstacle observer Hong Shibin told reporters that considering the complexity of the company's business operations, there are many channels involved in the product, from the quality inspection results to rectification, involving many aspects of communication with the agents, and the response speed is not so fast. On the other hand, it may also reflect the problem that the manufacturer does not pay enough attention to, and it can't face the detection of half a month ago. There is no action. Hong Shibin believes that enterprises should control the source, improve the product testing standards, and fail to recover timely. Take off the shelf to prevent this from happening again.
Cleansing product is a new outlet in the industry
According to "Daily Economic News" reporter's observation at this year's AWE exhibition, healthy household appliances are still the highlight. This year's product has a wider range of products and more categories.
Among them, air purifiers have always been the focus of attention. On March 9th, a researcher at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Research Institute, Bo Bai Tao told the 2018 China Summit on Environment and Health Appliances that fresh air and clean drinking water are the guarantee. The natural basis of human health is of great importance for health protection.
Bai Xuetao believes that improving the quality of drinking water and indoor air quality is to buy insurance for health and life. Whether it is an air purifier or a water purifier, we must fully understand why we should use this thing under normal conditions. With regard to water and air purifiers, he proposed four suggestions: First, sleek simplicity; second, safety and reliability; third, energy conservation and environmental protection; and fourth, economic efficiency.
Ji Bing, General Manager of AO Smith's Air Products Division, also conducted a corresponding analysis at the forum. According to AO Smith's research, the market size has decreased in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, mainly The dividends brought about by the “moist economy” have gradually disappeared due to the effectiveness of China's environmental governance.
Then Ji Bing believes that PM2.5 or smog is only one of the aspects. From the perspective of consumer demand, the entire market is very prosperous with indoor pollution demand, which is marked by formaldehyde. , The demand for formaldehyde removal products in the air purifier industry is constantly increasing.
According to Wen Jianping, chairman of Beijing Aowei Yunwang Big Data Technology Co., Ltd., the data shows that the entire industry has entered a phase of relatively rational integration, and product brands have seen a certain reduction in the market, and new brands have entered. There are more companies that are not suited to the competition situation gradually withdrawing, forming a process of healthy competition. From the perspective of the industry's development stage, there are new models introduced, leasing models, and product free service models are emerging. There will be more business model changes.
Wen Jianping stated that from the perspective of the development stage of the industry, compared to many large home appliances, healthy household appliances are in the early stage of market introduction, and they have not reached the stage of real outbreak growth. The development of the net product market is faster than other categories. Much, water purifiers and purifiers are a new outlet for the Chinese home appliance industry.